From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Steve Howard" Subject: iptables rules for forwarding remote desktop Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 13:45:44 -0500 Sender: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline Errors-To: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org Hi, I would very much appreciate any help I could get for my question. I have a RedHat 8 machine with 2 ethernet cards. eth0 is connected via = dhcp to the Internet (cable modem). eth1 is private 192.168.1.1. I have a windows xp machine which I have set = up to acquire a dhcp address, (it is always 192.168.1.10). I would like to = be able to use the remote desktop (port 3389) from outside. I understand = that I will have to forward port 3389 to eth0 so that I can access this = port from my office machine. I have seen recommendations of one rule, and = I have seen recommendations that have three rules listed. Can anyone help = me get this right? Thank you, Steve Howard Software Trainer Information Technology Services Kennesaw State University 770-423-6895